It is unfortunate that :reddit-logo: has a near-monopoly on what used to be numerous and diverse forums all over the internet, but I definitely don't miss the Early-2000s to 2010s tendency to put pretentious and often edgy forum signatures after posts.
I'll provide some examples of what kind of forum signatures made me hate forum signatures in general, for context.
Sun Tzu quotes. :cringe:
Tyler Durden was supposed to be a malevolent presence that had to be literally shot out of the protagonist's head so he could have some peace, not a fountain of deep profound wisdom about how we're all rotting pieces of meat and anyone who says otherwise is a special snowflake, you proto-chudlings. :kombucha-disgust:
Heath Ledger's Joker, while well acted, was sort of fucking horrible for pop culture in general and a lot of weird nerds really ran with his performance and that also made his lines dreadfully common in forum signatures. Yes, I'm "so serious" because some things matter, you proto-chudlings. :disgost:
Fuck Terry Goodkind and each and every proto-chudling that quoted his Ayn Rand With More Sexual Violence And Swords garbage books in their forum signatures, too. Even the concept of "Wizards' First Rule" was just a precursor to the worst side of the Rick & Morty fandom. "Lol, everyone is stupid but me because I am sociopathic and selfish!" :guts-rage:
Oh yeah, last but not least, fuck each and every proto-chudling that quoted Ayn Rand anything in their forum signatures. :gulag:
Correctively fucking the magic BDSM nuns until one of them becomes the born-great destined one's waifu, and also that thing about butchering those damn peacenik hippies that are holding hands in front of the tower for "moral clarity" and so much more are deeply cryptofash moments.
All of the fire metaphors are directly lifted from Ayn Rand imagery too, by the chud writer's own admission.
I honestly can barely remember anything aside from a few plot points, like when Richard is tasked with making a monument to the sinfulness of man and no one checks to see he's sculpting Kahlan until the unveiling ceremony and then everyone is shocked and awed by his super sweet stone working skills and starts to clap or something.
It's probably better you didn't remember the rest.